Unit One: Moral Courage and Righteous Anger

UNIT ONE:
MORAL COURAGE AND
RIGHTEOUS ANGERNECESSITIES FOR CHANGE
“There are many people who feel
that it is useless and futile to
continue talking about peace and
nonviolence against a government
whose only reply is savage attacks
on an unarmed and defenseless
people.” Nelson Mandela
CHUNK #1:
NECESSITIES FOR CHANGE
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“Change does not roll in
on the wheels of
inevitability, but comes
through continuous
struggle. And so we must
straighten our backs and
work for our freedom. A
man cant ride you unless
your back is bent.”
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
CHUNK #1:
NECESSITIES FOR CHANGE
Anchor Quotation:
“Anger
is the enemy of non-violence
and pride is a monster that swallows
it up.”
-Mahatma Gandhi
DISCUSSION:
THE NECESSITY FOR CHANGE
We will read, discuss and analyze (SOAPSTone or SIFTT)
the necessity for change with the following poems on our
iPADS:
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Do) “Alabama Centennial”- Naomi Long
Madgett
 (We Do) “Ain’t I A Woman?” –Sojourner
Truth
 (YOU DO) “Brief Non-Violence Moment”Ramesh TA
CHUNK 2: CHANGE THROUGH NONVIOLENCE
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“I have consistently preached that nonviolence demands
that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we
seek.” Martin Luther King
(I Do) Civil Disobedience- Thoreau
(We Do) excerpts from On Nonviolence Resistance- Gandhi
(We Do) excerpts from Letters from Birmingham Jail- King
(You Do) color coded rhetorical analysis- I Have a Dream-King
( You Do) Quiz
(We Do) Antigone
Juxtapose treatment of Antigone versus Thoreau and King
and how civil disobedience allows for the persecution/
unjust treatment of each individual
CHUNK 3: CHANGE THROUGH
VIOLENCE
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“Eat your breakfast heartily
for tonight we dine in Hell”
King Leonidas
( I Do)“The End of the
Beginning” Szymborska
(We Do) “War is kind” Crane
(You Do) “Grass” Sandburg
Use textural evidence to
analyze and explain how
different aspects of hell are
depicted in the war poems.
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(We Do) Excerpts from the
Iliad
What key similarities are
seen in the war poems and
the Iliad that convey their
message?
What are the most successful
elements used from each
author?
What similarities in audience
and purpose are found with
in each text?
UNIT CULMINATING ASSESSMENT:
“THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO FEEL THAT IT IS USELESS AND FUTILE TO
CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE AGAINST A
GOVERNMENT WHOSE ONLY REPLY IS SAVAGE ATTACKS ON AN UNARMED
AND DEFENSELESS PEOPLE” NELSON MANDELA
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Consider the argument presented in the above
quotation by Nelson Mandela regarding violence and
non violence and respond to the author’s validity based
off of the reading conducted in this unit. Students can
defend (support) the author’s quote, challenge it (argue
against its claim), or qualify it (agree with part and
disagree with part) students should use all reading and
not simply segment their paper into each separate
reading- they should practice (after teaching modeling
and practice) using evidence from one book to support
another piece of evidence in an effort to blend multiple
allusion to text within the same paragraph.